The 25th anniversary St. Petersburg International Economic Forum will be held from June 15 to 18, and representatives from more than 90 countries will take part in it. This year, the main theme of SPIEF will be the search for new opportunities in a changed world.
The main business program of the forum is divided into four thematic areas dedicated to issues of the global and Russian economy, the social and technological agenda, and human development. On behalf of Governor Alexander Burkov, meetings and negotiations will be held with the regions on import substitution programs and the expansion of socio-economic ties, investors, large companies, and a number of agreements will be signed on the sidelines of the SPIEF.
The delegation of the Omsk Region is represented by Dmitry Ushakov, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region, Anton Zaev, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Omsk Region, Minister of Transport and Road Management of the Omsk Region, and Anna Negoduiko, Minister of Economy of the Omsk Region.
The Omsk region, among the regions of "Greater Siberia", will unite within the framework of a single collective exhibition. The main events of the business program will be held at the collective stand, the area of which has increased to 213 square meters this year. Business meetings and negotiations, signing of agreements, and meetings will take place here.
On the first day of SPIEF 2022, meetings are planned with representatives of the Krasnodar Territory, the Volgograd Region and the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug. It is planned to sign an agreement with St. Petersburg State University on scientific and educational cooperation between the region and the country's leading university. Dmitry Ushakov will discuss with the leadership of the MIR national payment system the implementation of "digital" projects in the region.
The total investment portfolio of the regions included in the Interregional Association of Economic Cooperation of the Subjects of the Russian Federation "Siberian Agreement" includes 232 projects with a total value of 5.57 trillion rubles. Tourism, transport and communal infrastructure, processing industry, agro–industrial complex, science and technology - the projects of the regions affect more than twenty sectors of the economy. Their implementation will create over 224,000 new jobs, including high-tech ones.